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Gaddafi-era spy chief al-Senussi to be tried in Libya Gaddafi-era spy chief al-Senussi to be tried in Libya
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The International Criminal Court has ruled that Libya's Gaddafi-era intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, can be tried in Libya.The International Criminal Court has ruled that Libya's Gaddafi-era intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, can be tried in Libya.
The decision means that the ICC will no longer demand that Mr Senussi be sent to The Hague to stand trial.The decision means that the ICC will no longer demand that Mr Senussi be sent to The Hague to stand trial.
The former military intelligence boss was indicted by the ICC in 2011 for war crimes allegedly committed during the uprising against Gaddafi's rule. The former military intelligence boss was indicted by the ICC in 2011 for war crimes allegedly committed during the uprising against Colonel Gaddafi.
Mr Senussi was extradited to Libya from Mauritania last year.Mr Senussi was extradited to Libya from Mauritania last year.
The ICC does not carry out proceedings against a suspect if they are receiving a fair trial in a domestic court. The ICC does not carry out proceedings against a suspect if it deems they are receiving a fair trial in a domestic court.
The court said in a statement that the decision had "no bearing on the case against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi". A pre-trial chamber at the ICC decided that "Libya is willing and able genuinely to carry out" investigations into Mr Senussi, the court said in a statement.
'Sparse evidence'
It said the decision had "no bearing on the case against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi".
The late leader's son was also indicted by the ICC for war crimes, and is a co-defendant, along with 36 others, of Mr Senussi in the domestic case.The late leader's son was also indicted by the ICC for war crimes, and is a co-defendant, along with 36 others, of Mr Senussi in the domestic case.
The ICC said Libya had failed to show it had collected more than "a few sparse items of evidence" against Mr Gaddafi and had yet to secure him legal representation.
A court in Tripoli is to decide on 24 October whether to indict Mr Gaddafi and Mr Senussi, among 20 figures of the former regime charged with the 2011 killings of protesters, Agence France-Presse reported.
Saif Gaddafi is being held by a militia in the western town of Zintan. Last month the militiamen refused to deliver him to a court in Tripoli to appear at a pre-trial hearing alongside Mr Senussi and the other defendants in that case.Saif Gaddafi is being held by a militia in the western town of Zintan. Last month the militiamen refused to deliver him to a court in Tripoli to appear at a pre-trial hearing alongside Mr Senussi and the other defendants in that case.
He is facing trial in Zintan on a separate charge of trading information threatening Libya's national security. That case has been adjourned until 12 December.
Security problems
The ICC said its decision not to try Mr Senussi - Col Gaddafi's brother-in-law and said to have been one of his closest aides - could be appealed against if it later decides the trial is unfair.
Mr Senussi has been implicated in an infamous Libyan massacre in 1996, in which more than 1,000 inmates were killed at the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli.
In 1999 Mr Senussi was tried in absentia in France and sentenced to life imprisonment for the shooting down of a UTA airliner over Niger a decade earlier.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have both campaigned for the immediate transfer of Mr Senussi and Mr Gaddafi to the ICC.
Amnesty said Libya still needed to improve security and rebuild the country's justice system to ensure fair impartial trials.
Libya has been beset by security problems since the 2011 uprising, during which Col Gaddafi was captured and killed while trying to hide from rebels.
Earlier this week, the country's prime minister, Ali Zeidan, was kidnapped for several hours by armed militiamen.